Class Two English (Note) ..
Class Two English (Note) ..
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P.2 English Term I – III
Theme One – Our school and neighbourhood:
Sub theme: Location symbols and benefits of our school.
Mon: vocabulary:
Uniform, flag, badge, navy blue, sign post, water, money, broom, light blue, child, medicine, white, yellow
(The colours should be according to the school uniform)
Activities:
▪ Pupils will read the vocabulary.
▪ Spell the vocabulary.
▪ Construct sentences orally and write them.
▪ Fill in missing letters of the words learnt.
Tues: Structures: What is this / that?
▪ Is this / that a …………………?
▪ it’s ……………………..!
Wed. Are these / those…………….
▪ Yes, they are.
▪ No, they are not . (Teach singular structures on Tuesday and plural on Wednesday.
Activities
1. Pupils will answer oral questions using the structures `taught.
2. Pupils will answer written questions below.
a. What is this?
b. Is this a broom?
c. Are these books?
d. What is the colour of your school uniform?
e. How many colours on your school flag.
Thurs. Prepositions of place:
Prepositions of place are words used to show place or position of some things.
Example:
In , on , under , near , behind , over , infront of , between , along , at , across.
Activities
Reading the prepositions.
1. Spelling the words correctly.
Exercise
Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions.
a. The chalkboard is _______ the classroom.
b. Our school is _________ the road.
c. The bird is flying __________ our school.
d. The teacher’s home is _________ Mbogo road.
e. There are some flowers _____________ the work………..
f. John is hiding _______________ the table.
g. Jesca was sitting __________________ the chair.
h. Children will do a written exercise from MK bk 2 pages 46 – 47.
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3. Write these words correctly.
a. over b. outside
c. behind d. near
e under f. donw
ref: Oxford primary Eng. Bk 2 page 22.
Junior Eng bk 2.
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Wed: forming plurals of nouns by adding es Nouns that end in sh, ch, x and some that end in s or for plurals by
adding es
Examples:
bus – buses glass - glasses
bench - benches tomato - tomatoes
box - boxes church - churches
torch - torches brush - brushes
dress - dresses class - classes
cross - crosses watch - watches
match - matches fox - foxes
bush - bushes
dish - dishes etc
Activities:
a. spell the plurals of the nouns given.
b. Give the plurals of some nouns.
Exercise:
1. Write the plurals of these words.
a. box ____________ e. match ________________
b. bus ____________ f. fox ___________________
c. dress ____________ g. tomato ______________
d. bush _____________ h. church
2. Fill in the gaps with the plural of the word in the brackets.
a. Allan uses the ____________ to clean the carpet. (brush)
b. The ___________ were too heavy for him to carry. (box)
c. The children carried the_____________ to the main hall. (bench)
d. _________lay their eggs in stagnant water. (mosquito)
e. Some _____ are not bright at night. (torch)
f. We saw four _________ on the street. (bus)
g. _________ are wild animals. (fox)
Refs:
▪ Word perfect spelling bk 2 page 17
▪ Oxford primary Eng bk 2 page 29
▪ Read & write Eng Std 2 Page 27.
▪ Junior Eng bk I Page 21.
▪ Give / write the plural of the underlined words.
Ref. Oxford primary English bk. 2 page 25.
WK 3 Sub theme: Benefits of the neighbour hood from school.
Mon: Vocabulary:
ball hall , library, chalkboard, blackboard, cupboard, compound, desk, bench, piece of chalk, table, chair,
field
Activities:
▪ Pupils will read the vocabulary.
▪ Spell the vocabulary.
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▪ Construct oral sentences using the learnt vocabulary.
Exercise:
1. Rewrite these words correctly.
a. ablet ________________ d. ilarrby _____________
b. airch _________________ e. airch________
c. sked _________________ f. lalh
g. ifeld __________________
2. Write any three sentences using these words.
a. compound
b. chalkboard.
c. piece of chalk
3. Make small words from these;
a. blackboard __________ ___________ __________
b. cupboard __________ ___________ ___________
c. chair ______________ ____________ ___________
d. compound ____________ ____________
Thurs: Forming plurals of nouns by dropping ‘y’ and adding – ‘ies’
Examples:
a. baby – babies b. story - stories
c. fly d. ferry
e. puppy f. lady
g. family library
city party
fairy army
lorry pony
beny
Activities:
a. Reading the words and their plurals.
b. Spelling the plurals of the words.
c. Giving more words in the category.
Exercise:
1. Write the plurals of these words.
a. fly e. story
b. lorry f. city
c.. puppy g. library
d. baby h. lady
2. Complete the sentences giving the plural of the words in the brackets.
a. David likes to read _______ about animals. (story)
b. The nurse treated many _______ in the hospital. (baby)
c. Many _______ came from the rubbish pit. (fly)
d. Those __________ were very smart for the party. (lady)
e. The _______ sank in the lake. (ferry)
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f. We ate the ___________ at Rhoda’s birthday party. (berry)
g. _________ feed on milk. (puppy)
h. Kampala and Nairobi are _________( city)
Give / write the plural of the underlined words.
Ref: Read and write Eng Std. 2 Page 28.
Word perfect spelling bk 2 page 34 Eng. Aid bk 3 page 57.
Tue. Forming plurals of nouns which end with ‘y’ by adding – ‘s’
Examples:
key – keys boy - boys
bay – bays tray – trays
turkey – turkeys donkey – donkeys
Activities:
a. Identifying nouns in the group.
b. Spelling the plurals of the nouns learnt.
Nouns that end with f that change to ‘ves’
Knife – knives
Wife – wives
Life – lives
Wolf – wolves
Thief – thieves
Loaf – loaves
WK 4 Sub theme: Causes of problems between school and the neighbour hood.
Mon: Vocabulary
Gun, army, fight, thief, steal, policeman, policewoman, uniform, land
Structure:
▪ Show me a ___________.
This is a _____________. / that is a ____________
▪ What do you like ?
I like a ____________.
I don’t like a ____________.
▪ What are they doing?
Activities:
Reading the words learnt.
Spelling the words learnt.
Constructing oral sentences using the words learnt.
Answer oral questions about the structure.
Exercise
1. Fill in the missing letters correctly.
a. th_ef d. a_my
b. un_fo_m e. f_g_t
c. pol_ceman f. st_al
2. Give the plurals of these words.
a. gun ___________ d. policeman ________
b. army ___________ e. uniform ___________
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c. thief ___________
Answer these riddles correctly.
1. Who am I?
a. You wear me when coming to school
I ____________________.
You are ________________
b. I keep law and order.
I am a _____________
c. We keep peace and security in our country.
We are an _______________
Thurs. Nouns without plurals:
Examples:
sheep petrol hair
water oil air
blood ink people
deer salt fish
soil sugar rice
millet furniture
Activity:
1. Reading the words correctly.
2. Spelling the words correctly.
3. Giving the plural form of the words orally.
Exercise:
1. Give the plural of these words.
a. sheep b. fish
c. deer d. sugar
e. water f. ink
g. people
2. Write the plural form of the underlined words.
a. Please give me some water.
b. I don’t eat fish.
c. Her hair is long and black.
d. The people sang nice songs.
e. Blood is red but water is colourless.
f. A deer runs fast.
g. The child saw a sheep in the field.
Exercise:
Fill in the gaps correctly:
a. br_th_r c.. sist_r
b. un_le d. d_ugh_er
e. moth_r
2. Arrange the letters to make correct words.
a. anut b. thfaer c. encie
d. ons e. phenwe f. scouin
3. Make sentences using these words.
a. grandfather.
b. daughter
c. grandmother.
4. Form small words from the big ones.
a. mother _________ _________ __________ b. Grandfather __________ ________
______
Fri. Personal pronouns.
Examples:
She he him them I us we they it you me her
Singular e.g. he she him I it me her
Plural e.g them they you we us
Possessive nouns:
hers his them their its ours mine my
Pronouns are words used instead of nouns (names)
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Personal pronouns are the words used instead of the named of people or animals.
Activities
a. Identify personal pronouns orally.
b. construct oral sentences using the personal pronouns.
Exercise
1. Write out the pronouns in each of these sentences.
a. David’s mother gave him a new bag.
_____________
b. Wendy said that she was very hungry. __________
c. Our teacher said that we should come to school early. _______
d. Would you like another cup of tea?__________
e. Mary told her friend that she will come for the party.
f. I go to church every Sunday. _________
g. They are going to the field. ________
h. It is eating grass. _______________
i. Let us go for lunch. _______________
j. The teacher told them to keep quiet. _____________
k. There is a dog in the house, please chase it away.
Underlining personal pronouns.
Matching pronouns.
2. Use it, they, us, you, them, him to complete the sentences correctly.
a. We are hungry, please give _____ some food.
b. He is thirsty let’s give _____ some water.
c. the girls are noisy, tell ____ to keep quiet.
d. The boys are late. _______ have missed the school bus.
e. The cat is under the tree. ________ is resting.
f. You are my friend. I have known _____ for many years.
Ref. Basic Eng. Primary 2 – 3 Page we.
Junior Eng. Bk 3 Page 21.
WK 6
Mon: Punctuation marks.
Tue: Capital letters and full stop.
A telling sentence begins with a capital letter.
Capital letters are used to begin names of people and places, days of the week and months of the year.
Examples:
a. It is a lovely dress.
b. My mother’s friend is Sarah.
c. Joy went to Jinja.
A full stop is a dot put at the end of a telling sentence.
Examples:
I am seven years old.
Our school is along Mbogo road.
Activity:
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Reading sentences from junior Eng. Bk 2 page 22.
Exercise:
Write out the words which should be written beginning with a capital letter.
train peter Friday
flower kampala tree
nurse banana allan
tuesday june teacher
milk book ntinda
Activities:
▪ Children will mention some of the words used to ask questions.
▪ Forming questions orally.
Exercise
1. Write any four questions of your own.
a. _______________________________________
b. _______________________________________
c. _______________________________________
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d. ________________________________________
2. Punctuate those sentences correctly.
a. When will the doctors come.
b. Which book are you reading?
c. How old is Deborah
d. Who has my rubber
e. are the children playing outside
f. is the headmaster in the office
g. am I coming to your house today.
Ref: Standard 2 Eng. Page 11.
Basic Eng. Primary 2 – 3 Page 53 – 54.
WK 7: Sub themes Roles of people in the community.
Mon: Vocabulary:
Doctor , teacher , nurse , carpenter , policeman , policewoman , shopkeeper, cobbler, farmer, barber,
butcher, fisherman, fishmonger (include people, places of work, tools)
Structure:
▪ Show me a / the ……………………..
This / that is a (nurse, teacher)
▪ Where is the ………………….?
The (doctor /driver) is ( in / under) the (hospital / house / car)
▪ What does a …………………. Do?
A …………………….. treats / builds.
Activities:
a. Reading and spelling the vocabulary correctly.
b. Construct oral sentences using the vocabulary.
c. Answer structural questions correctly.
Exercise:
Fill in the missing letters correctly.
a. t_ach_r b. nu_se c. c_rpent_r
d. p_tie_t e. dr_v_r
2. Choose the right word to fill in the gaps.
teacher, doctor, carpenter, mechanic, cobbler, fisherman.
a. I am a _______ I treat people in the hospital.
b. I am a ______ I teach children.
I write on the chalkboard.
c. I go to the lakes. I catch fish with my nets. I am a ______
d. I repair buses, lorries and cars when they break down. I am a ________
e. I make chairs, beds, tables and cupboard from wood. I am a ________
f. I mend people’s shoes when they are torn. I am a ______
3. Write these words in short.
a. doctor ________ b. teacher ______
Thurs. Use of commas:
1. A comma is used to separate words written in a list.
Examples:
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a. Suzan , Sarah, Carol and Brenda are all in class.
b. We went to the shop and bought sugar, tea leaves,
butter, bread and soap.
2. A comma is also used after No, yes and please in a sentence.
Example:
a. No, I did not pick your pencil.
b. Yes, she is my friend.
c. Please, tell me the story.
Activities:
a. Pupils will read sentences involving commas from Junior Eng. Bk 2 page 22.
Exercise
1. Punctuate these sentences using commas.
a. I went to the market to buy oranges, tomatoes, bananas
and beans.
b. Peter Mark Joel Annet and Jonah are in the field.
c. Please pick up your sweater and put in your bag.
d. Yes I went to the village last month.
e. No I don’t like playing football.
f. At the zoo, we saw lions tigers monkeys zebras and a pea
cock.
g. Nurses teachers cobblers carpenters doctors and
barbers are people in our community.
h. They were looking for Okello Opio Okia and Ongwen
Structure:
What do you do everyday?
I / We _____ everyday.
What does she / he do everyday.
He/she ____everyday.
Ref. MK bk 2 page 27 – 28.
Activities:
▪ Demonstration of the vocabulary.
▪ Reading and spelling the vocabulary learnt constructing oral sentences using the vocabulary learnt.
Exercise:
1. Make five sentences using any of the vocabulary learnt.
a. ______________________________________
b. ______________________________________
c. ______________________________________
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d. ______________________________________
e. ______________________________________
Wed: Present continuous tense of verbs which double their last letter.
Examples:
stop - stopping
clap - clapping
slap - slapping
skip - skipping
tap - tapping
swim - swimming
cut - cutting
get
knit
rot
shut
put
Activities:
▪ Reading the verbs.
▪ Listing more verbs in this group orally.
▪ Spelling the verbs correctly.
Exercise:
1. Write these verbs in present continous tense.
a. dig __________ scrub __________ nod ______
rob __________ swim ___________ grin ______
put __________ rub _____________ skim ______
plan __________ thin _____________ peg _______
chop __________ wet _____________ chat ______
drip __________ trot __________ stab ______
run ___________ drop ___________ slip _______
drag __________ skid
2. Fill in the gaps using the present continuous tense of the verb in the brackets.
a. Mummy is ________________ meat now. (cut)
b. I am going for ______________ now. (swim)
c. The horse is ________________ now. (trot)
d. We are __________ to go to Kabale. Now. (plan)
e. The boys are __________ in Nambole now. (run)
f. Janet is ___________ the bathroom now. (scrub)
g. They are _____________ the mangoes in the basket now. (put)
h. She is _______________ in the garden now. (dig)
Wed. Present simple tense:
Changing verbs to present simple tense by adding ___’s’
Examples:
a. walk – walks b. read – reads
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c. pray – prays d. sing – sings.
Activities:
a. Giving examples of verbs which are in the category learnt.
b. Changing verbs to present simple.
Exercise:
1. change these verbs to present simple tense by adding ‘s’
a. play b. run c. learn d. put
e. sweep f. walk g. dance h. cook
i. comb j. sing k. write
2. use the correct form of the words in the brackets.
a. The doctor ______ sick people everyday. (treat)
b. Sarah _____ well in her book every week. (write)
c. Mary ____ her prayers every morning. (say)
d. A policeman ________ law and order every night. (keep)
e. The cobbler _______ shoes everyday. (mend)
f. The bell ____________ every evening. (ring)
g. Walter ______ on a large bed every night. (sleep)
h. Lydia _____ her hair every morning. (comb)
Thurs. Changing verbs to present simple tense by adding – ‘es’.
Examples:
brush - brushes
wash - washes
touch - touches
go - goes
do - does
watch - watches
match - matches
teach - teaches
dress - dresses
Activities:
▪ Identifying more verbs which change to present simple tense by assign – es
▪ Spelling the verbs changed to present simple tense.
Exercise:
Change these verbs to present simple tense.
a. touch __________ b. hatch _____________
c. catch __________ d. match _____________
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the brackets.
a. Mummy ________ my uniform everyday. (wash)
b. Jane ________ her homework every evening. (do)
c. Denis _______ to town on foot every Sunday. (go)
d. The cat ______ a mouse everyday. (catch)
e. Elizabeth ______ her teeth after every meal. (brush)
f. Our teacher ___________ us a new song every
Thursdays. (teach)
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Good Friday
WK 8
Mon: Easter Monday.
Verbs that end with ‘y’
Remove ‘y’ and add ‘ies’
Examples
Marry – marries
Carry – carries
Dry – dries
Try – tries
Tues. Theme 3 The Human body and health.
Sub-theme: parts of the body and their functions.
Vocabulary:
Head, finger ,nose ,thumb ,heel ,stomach,
leg ,lips ,mouth, knee , ankle, toe
,ears, hair , functions (touch smell) knee , forehead.
Structures:
▪ Show me your _________
This / these is / are my ________
▪ How many ____ have / has you / he/she got?
I / he / she have /has ___________
▪ What do you use your _________ for?
I use my ______ to ________.
She/he got two (eyes, ears, toes, hands)?
▪ Yes, she / he has _________
No , she / he doesn’t.
▪ What are you doing?
I am (keeping) ________
▪ What is she/he doing?
She / he is _________
Activities:
▪ Reading the vocabulary.
▪ Spelling the vocabulary.
▪ Constructing sentences using the vocabulary orally.
▪ Answer questions using the structures orally.
Exercise:
1. Write the plurals of these words.
a. ear - __________ nose - ___________
b. toe - __________ foot - ___________
c. knee - __________ mouth - __________
d. ankle - __________
e. forehead - _______
2. Make five sentences from any of the words learnt.
a. ________________________________
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b. ________________________________
c. _________________________________
d. _________________________________
e. _________________________________
3. Answer these questions correctly.
Ref. MK primary Eng. Bk 2 page 118.
Activities:
1. a. Reading the verbs.
b. Identify more verbs in the same category.
c. Applying the verbs in oral sentences.
Exercise:
1. Change to past simple tense.
a. play ________ g. help____________
b. add _________ h. push ___________
c. plant _________ i. clean ___________
d. collect ________ j. cook ____________
e. touch __________ k. work ____________
f. cover ___________ l wait ______________
2. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word in the brackets.
a. The cat ____________ the tree yesterday. (climb)
b. We ___________ for the bus as the park last week. (wait)
c. Rhoda ___________ her uniform yesterday. (wash)
d. It __________ heavily last Monday. (rain)
e. Deborah _________ the window last evening. (open)
f. The teacher _________ Joan to bring her bag yesterday. (ask)
g. Raymond ______________ the rubbish from the compound
last Sunday. (pick)
h. Elizabeth ______ into the classroom quietly yesterday. (walk)
i. We ________ many games last evening. (play)
Ref: Standard 2 Eng Aid bk 2 pages 18 & 19.
Standard 2 read and write Eng. Pages 48 – 49.
Thurs. Past simple tense.
Verbs which change to past simple tense by adding “ed”
Examples:
brush brushed need – needed
clean cleaned box – boxed
cook cooked help
cover covered wash
touch touched kick
collect collected jump
sound – corrected , needed , cooked , helped
separated according to the ending sound t (jumped) (d) (cleared).
WK 9: Sub theme: Sanitation.
Mon: vocabulary.
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Throw , burn , boil , clean collect, cover, slash,
wash cook brush, cut , dig
Structures:
▪ What are you doing?
I am / we are ………………..
▪ What is he / she doing?
He / she is ………………………….
▪ That are / they are doing?
They are …………………
▪ Did you …………………….?
Yes . I did
No, I did not
▪ What did you / she / he do……… (yesterday, last Monday, e.t.c ?)
Activities:
1 a. Reading the vocabulary.
b. Answering the structures correctly.
Exercise:
1. Make five sentences using any of the vocabulary learnt.
a. ________________________________________
b. ________________________________________
c. ________________________________________
d. ________________________________________
e. _____________________________________
2. Form small words from these ones.
clean ___________ _________________
brush ____________ _________________
wash _____________ ________________
3. Write the words correctly.
a. ocok ___________________
b. gdi ____________________
c. vcore ____________________
d. bloi ____________________
Tues. and Wed. – End of term one Exams.
Conjuctions ‘and’
Examples
1. Mark is a good boy.
Richard is a good boy.
Mark and Richard are good boys.
2. Joan is smart.
Joan is beautiful.
Joan is smart and beautiful
3. Mummy and daddy have cars.
Daddy has a car
Mummy has a car
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4. Tim has a shirt.
Tim has a coat
Tim has a shirt and a coat
5. Ian was absent
Rose was absent
Ian and Rose were absent
6. Joan was ugly
Joan was crazy
Joan was ugly and crazy
Changes when using ‘and’
Is becomes are
Was becomes were
Has becomes have
Thurs. Adjectives:
Adjectives are words which tell us more about nouns.
Examples:
fat thin ugly big
happy clean good early
sad small easy rich
weak dry short tall
strong lazy kind quick
dull dirty slow
Activities:
a. Reading the adjectives.
b. Constructing oral sentences using the adjectives learnt
c. Spelling the adjectives.
Exercise:
1. Write out the adjectives in these sentences.
a. Denis has a dirty uniform.
b. The clever girl is sick.
c. Diana has a heavy bag.
d. I swam in the shallow pool.
e. We had a busy day, yesterday.
f. It is an easy question.
g. The teacher does not like noisy children.
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2. Write the opposites of these words.
a. fat ________________ f. early _______________
b. clean ______________ g. rich _______________
c. big ______________ h. lazy _______________
d. tall ______________ i. strong _______________
e. good
opposites of adjectives
fat – thin
big – small
tall – short
good - bad
rich – poor
early – late
Activities
Reading the compound adjectives
Filling in the correct adjectives to complete
Exercise
Complete with the correct adjectives
1. Mary is ……………..than Suzan. (tall)
2. Josephine is a ………..girl. (smart)
Activities
Reading the adjectives learnt
Filling in the correct form of the adjectives used
Exercise
1. Sunday was the ………day last week. (wet)
2. Juma is a …………..boy (fat)
3. Today was……………..than yesterday. (hot)
Activities
Reading the learnt adjectives
Completing using the correct adjectives
Exercise
1. Who is the …………boy in this school? (dirty)
2. Lucy is ……………than Adella. (ugly)
3. Is the ground…………..? (dry)
Comparing adjectives that add ‘more’ and ‘most’
One Two ‘more’ Many ‘ most’
Active More active Most active
Honest More honest Most honest
Stubborn More stubborn Most stubborn
Polite More polite Most polite
Dangerous More dangerous Most dangerous
Activity
Use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets
1. Zakiah is the ………boy in our home. (stubborn)
2. Tracy is …………..than Peace. (polite)
3. A lion is a ………………..animal. (dangerous)
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PRIMARY TWO – ENGLISH LESSON NOTES TERM II
Structures
What is this / that?
This / That is a _________________
Activities:
1. Answering oral questions using the structures.
2(a) Write the words correctly
atc _____________ dgo ______________
eepsh _____________ phantele ______________
shif ________________ hne _________________
(b) Fill in the missing letters
r__bb__t ho___se
d___ck m___n
go___t h___n
Animal homes
Cow – byre / kraal
Sheep – fold
goat – shed lion - den
pig – sty man - house
bird – nest dog - kennel
fish – water horse - stable
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rabbit - hutch/burrow cat - basket
bee - hive rat - hole/burrow
hen - pen
Activity
Matching animals to their young ones.
Animal sounds:
A dog barks
A cat purrs / mews
A sheep bleats
A goat bleats
A bird sings / whistles
A monkey chatters
A duck quacks
A rat / mouse squeaks
A lion roars
A cow lows / mows
A pig grunts
A snake hisses
An elephant trumpets
A hen clucks
A cock crows
A horse neighs
A donkey brays
Activity
Completing analogies about animal sounds.
1. Dog is to ___________ as cow is to low.
2. ____________ is to snake as roaring is to lion.
Alphabetical order
Arranging words in alphabetical order considering the first letter.
Examples:
3 1 5 2 4
1. cat, apple, egg, ball, dog
apple, ball, cat, dog, egg
3 2 4 1
2. man, lady, woman, boy
boy lady, man, woman
Exercise:
1. dish, axe, cap, bus
2. table, chair, bed, desk
3. elephant, dog, cat, ass
4. cow, sheep, hen, goat
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5. child, boy, girl, man
Second letter
Alphabetical order considering the second letter.
Examples:
1. boy, bag, best, bird
bag, best, boy, build
2. most, meat, mat, milk
mat, meat, milk, most
Exercise:
Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
1. bench, box, basket, big
2. desk, dog, dig, duck
3. mug, man, meat, millet
4. fight, fly, fought, fall
Exercise:
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Fill in the correct answer.
1. The cup was broken.
2. ____________ the children playing?
3. The dogs ____________ barking.
4. _____________ it a good picture?
5. He ____________ absent yesterday.
Common plants
Vocabulary on plants
Banana plant Maize plant
Cassava plant Pineapple plant
Sugarcane plant Pawpaw plant
Coffee plant Sweet potato plant
Mango plant
Structures:
What is this / that?
This / that is a _______________
What are these / those?
These / Those are ______________
Exercise:
1. Draw these plants
Adjectives:
An adjective is a word which tells more (describes) about a noun.
Examples:
Opposites of adjectives/degrees of adjectives
good - bad
fat - thin
clever - stupid
small - big
strong - weaker
shortest - tallest
sweet - sour
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clean - dirty
heavier - lighter
Comparisons of adjectives.
tall taller tallest
fat fatter fattest
clean cleaner cleanest
big bigger biggest
happy happier happiest
small smaller smallest
lazy lazier laziest
poor poorer poorest
Exercise:
1. Complete the table correctly.
Clean ____________________ Cleanest
Good Better ____________________
_________________ Thinner ____________________
Strong __________________ Strongest
_________________ Weaker Weakest
Lazy Lazier ____________________
Words that end with ‘y’ we remove ‘y’ and add ‘ier’ or ‘iest’
lazy lazier laziest
ugly uglier ugliest
exercise
1. Kauma is the …………girl in our class. (lazy)
2. Who is …………………..than you? (happy)
Activity
Complete correctly
Honest …………………. Most honest
………………. …………………. Most active
………………… more beautiful ………………………
Irregular adjectives
Examples
Many more most
Good better best
Bad good worst
Many more most
Pronouns:
Pronouns are words used instead of nouns.
Examples:
She they
He him
I you
It we
Possessive pronouns:
These are words that show ownership.
Examples:
his, hers, ours, yours, mine, its, theirs
Exercise:
Fill in his, hers, ours, mine, its, yours and theirs to complete the sentences correctly.
1. This is our house. It is ……………..
2. That is their car. It is ………………..
3. This is my book. It is ………………
4. The dog has a puppy. It is…………………….
5. That is your car. It is …………………………..
Examples:
1. There is some milk in the jug.
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2. Some body is sitting on the chair.
3. Are there any flowers in the school?
4. She doesn’t have any money.
Exercise:
Fill in “some” or “any”
1. There isn’t ___________ water in the jerrycan.
2. There is ________________ juice in the fridge.
3. Are there ______________ people in the classroom?
4. There are _______________ grasshoppers in the market.
5. Menya has ______________ mangoes.
6. The headmaster doesn’t do _____________ marking of books.
Things we make
Vocabulary
Pots, balls, baskets, dolls, ropes
Structures
1. What are you going to make?
I am / we are going to make…………..
2. What is this/ that?
This / that is a ………………
3. Is this a ……………?
Yes, it is a ……………….
No, it isn’t a……………….
4. Are these/ those ………..?
Yes, they are………………..
Activity
Fill in the missing letters
ba__ __et
___ope
dol__
Write these words correctly
pero …………………..
pto …………………..
tams ………………….
refibs …………………….
leaves palm ………………..
Reflexive pronouns:
These pronouns show that the action of the verb is performed on its subject e.g.
1. He cut himself
Cut is the reflexive verb and himself is the reflexive pronoun.
Exercise:
Complete the sentences by adding the right questioning word from the list below.
Who, Where, Can, Whose, Do, Which, How
1. _______________many brothers have you?
2. ________________ is your teachers?
3. _________________ is her school?
4. __________________ are we going out?
5. __________________ they know your name?
Prepositions:
Prepositions are words used to show place or position of something.
Preposition of place.
in, on, under, over, between, near, across, along, behind, infront of, at
Exercise:
Fill in the correct preposition
1.
The ball is ______________ the table.
2.
The house is _____________ the trees.
3.
The bottle is _______________ the pot.
4.
The tree is _______________ the house.
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5.
The plane is flying _____________ the hills.
6.
The pot is ________________ the house.
7.
The ball is ________________ the chair.
Prepositions of verbs
Examples
at, after, over, from, against, in, next to, of, to
Activities:
Pupils will use the prepositions in oral sentences.
Exercise:
Make four sentences using the prepositions given below:
after, from, of, against
Exercise
Match materials with their sources
Fibres palm trees
Clay swamp
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Palm leaves banana plant
Exercise:
Join these sentences using ‘and’
1. I have a book. I have pencil.
__________________________________________________
2. Moris is playing. Mary is playing.
___________________________________________________
Conjunctions
Use of “and”
Examples:
1. Mark is a good boy. Richard is a good boy.
Mark and Richard are good boys.
2. Mummy has a car. Daddy has a car.
Mummy and Daddy have cars.
Transport
Means of transport
Vocabulary
bus lorry bicycle aeroplane
ship boat motorcycle car train ferry
canoe foot pedestrian
Uses of transport.
- For carrying people
- For carrying food
- For carrying firewood
- For carrying building materials
Join using:…………but…………..
Examples:
1. James is sick. He did not go to the hospital.
James is sick but he did not go to the hospital.
2. Mother’s car is red. Father’s car is yellow.
Mother’s car is red but father’s is yellow.
Exercise:
Opposites using ‘un’
Examples
kind _____ unkind
tie _____ untie
happy _____ unhappy
equal _______ unequal
fortunate ______ unfortunate
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lucky _______ unlucky
Activity:
Give the opposites of the underlined words.
Common accidents
Vocabulary on common accidents
bites, falls, knocks, drowning, poison, burns, cuts, stings, poisoning, shock
Structures:
1. Don’t ___________ it will _______________.
2. Don’t play with fire, it will burn you.
Structures:
This / That is a ____________.
These / Those are _______________.
WEEK TWO:
1. Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
a) bench, axe, cup, desk
b) elephant, turkey, hen, cat
2. Arrange in alphabetical order considering second letter.
a) man, meat, milk, most
b) bag, boy, best, bird
3. Arranging alphabetical order considering the third letter.
a) drip, drum, dream, drop
b) stool, stand, still, stung
4. Write the words correctly.
a) oipson _______________
b) llsfa ________________
5. Make sentences using these words.
a) drowning: _______________________________________________
b) burns: ________________________________________________
WEEK THREE:
1. Fill in “any” or “some”.
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a) Are there ___________ people in the classroom?
b) There isn’t ____________ water in the jerrycan.
2. Fill in his, hers, ours, mine, its to complete the sentences.
a) This dress belongs to Mary. It is ____________.
b) That is Peter’s shirt. It is _____________.
c) This is our house. It is _____________.
3. Write the words correctly.
a) vassaca ________________
b) nabana ________________
c) pwapwa _________________
4. Draw these plants.
WEEK FOUR:
1. Fill in was or were.
a) ______________ the children playing?
b) The child _____________ dancing.
2. Match the opposites correctly.
stronger sour
sweet bad
good weaker
3. Give the opposite of the underlined words.
a) Musa is taller than Jane. ________________
b) Are elephants heavy animals? ________________
4. Complete the table correctly.
clean cleanest
good better
thinner
WEEK FIVE:
1. Write these words correctly.
a) refibs __________________
b) tams ___________________
2. Complete correctly using the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.
a) She has the _____________ handwriting in class. (bad)
b) Rebecca is ______________ than Mark. (good)
3. Complete the table correctly.
One Two More than two
much most
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less least
bad
WEEK SIX:
1. Use the correct form of the adjectives in brackets.
a) Tom is the _____________ boy in our class. (stubborn)
b) Mary is _______________ than Jane. (beautiful)
2. Complete the table by adding more and most.
adjective two many
active most active
beautiful more beautiful
honest more honest
b)
The boy is _______________ the car.
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WEEK EIGHT:
1. Match the opposite.
tie unlucky
kind unkind
happy untie
lucky unhappy
a) b) c)
___________ __________ _____________
WEEK 2:
1(a) axe, bench, cup, desk
b) cat, elephant, hen, turkey
2(a) man, meat, milk, most
b) bag, best, bird, boy
3(a) dream, drip, drop, drum
b) stand, still, stool, stung
4(a) poison
b) falls
5(a) I was drowing in the water.
The baby has burns on the hand Any good sentence
WEEK THREE:
1(a) some
b) any
2(a) hers
b) his
c) ours
3(a) cassava
b) banana
c) pawpaw
4. Draw any good picture
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WEEK FOUR:
1(a) were
b) was
2(a) strong sour
sweet bad
good weaker
3(a) shorter
(b) light
4. Complete the table correctly.
clean cleaner cleanest
good better best
thin thinner thinnest
WEEK FIVE:
1(a) fibres
b) mats
2(a) worst
b) better
3(a) complete the table completely
one two more than
two
much more most
few less least
bad worse worst
4(a) Who
b) How
WEEK SIX:
1(a) most stubborn
b) more beautiful
2. Complete the table adding more and most.
adjective two many
active more active most active
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
honest more honest most honest
3(a) between
b) infron of
4(a) make suitable sentences.
WEEK SEVEN:
1(a) from
b) against
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2. make suitable sentences
3(a) train
b) boat
4. draw good pictures
WEEK EIGHT:
1. Match the opposites
tie unlucky
kind unhappy
lucky untie
happy unkind
WEEK NINE:
a) herd
b) swarm
c) flock
d) gang
e) heap
f) staff
g) choir
h) players
i) aeroplanes
WEEK TEN:
1(a) tree
b) chair
c) ball
2(a) hen
b) flower
3(a) make good sentences
4(a) barrow / hatch
b) den
5. axe, bag, cat, fish
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PRIMARY TWO ENGLISH LESSON NOTES TERM III
THEME : Peace and Security
SUB-THEME : Measure time
Vocabulary
Teacher, child, prefect, army, parent, prison, priest, church, barracks, mosque, num, matron, school, Imam
Structures:
Show me a / an / the
This / That is a / an
Who ………. (teaches, preaches)
A teacher / Imam
Activity 1:
Constructing oral and written sentences using given words.
Activity 2:
Spell words correctly
lchid ____________ sonpri _____________
unn _____________ oolsch _____________
rentpa ___________ rchuch _____________
Make five sentences using the words below.
Teacher
Priest
Army
Imam
Church
Now tense
Verbs that end with ‘e’
Remove ‘e’ and add – ing
Examples
Write – writing
Drive – driving
Structures:
What do you like?
I like …………………………….
Do you like …………………………[playing / praying]?
Yes I do ……………………………………
Activity:
Use the words below to make correct sentences.
1. obey ______________
2. friend ______________
3. help ______________
4. forgive ______________
5. pray ______________
Homophones:
Homophones are words with the same sound but different meaning.
Examples:
Son - sun
Too - to - two
Their - there
First - fast
Cut - cat
Write - right
Meat - meet
Sea - see
Here - hear
Mad - mud
Vocabulary:
Work, share, people, beat, bite, sharp, steal, push, abuse, help, forgive, pray, take, good, bad, pinch, play, love
Structures:
It is good to _______________ one another.
It is good to share.
It is bad to abuse others.
It is bad to………………….
We should not ………………..
Always love one another
Activity
Write the words correctly.
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tseal __________________ velo ____________ teak ______________
ebta __________________ pehl ____________
Fill in the missing letters.
w__rk sh___re p__op__e f___rgiv___
g__ __d pr__y
SYNONYMS:
Synonyms are words with different sound but same meaning.
Examples:
begin - start close - shut
difficult - hard finish - complete
simple - easy give - offer
sick - ill nice - fine
quiet - calm
Activity:
Write similar words for the underlined words.
1. He did not give me the right answer. __________________
2. It was a simple exercise. _________________
3. The class was very calm. _________________
4. Go and close the door. ________________
Write words correctly.
seay __________________
tstar _________________
pimsle _________________
macl _________________
selco _________________
Vocabulary:
worry, pain, lame, blind, deaf, hungry, cry
Structures:
Are you……………….?
Yes, I am / No, I am not
Activity:
Construct oral and written sentences using the given words.
a) Fear:
b) Worry
c) Pain
d) Lame
Fill in the missing letters.
bl__nd d__af fe___r
hun___ry wo__ __y c__y
Vocabulary:
Parent, advise, guide, help, friend, gift, listen
Structures:
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It is good to………………
You / I / We should always ………………others.
What should we do always?
Activity:
Construct oral and written sentences using given words.
friend :
parent :
advise :
help :
get :
Write words correctly.
pleh _______________
teg _______________
seivda _______________
GENDER:
Gender is the state of being male or female
Examples:
Male Female
boy girl
father mother
uncle aunt
Mr. ___________
King ____________
Prince ____________
Cock ____________
Actor ____________
Son ____________
Activity:
1. Match correctly.
uncle daughter
king queen
prince princess
son aunt
Verbs that end with ‘y’ we remove ‘y’ and add ‘ied’
Examples
Bury – buried
Carry – carried
Hurry – hurried
Activity
Chang the verbs given in brackets to complete the sentences correctly
1. Atim …………….this classroom yesterday. (mop)
2. P2 boys ………..to the dining hall when they saw teacher Jane. (hurry)
TENSES:
Past tense of irregular verbs
Examples:
go went
sweep ____________
eat ate
ride rode
drive ____________
make _____________
wear _____________
tear _____________
sleep _____________
drink _____________
Activity:
A. Fill in the gap with the correct tense.
1. My brother ______________ a bicycle yesterday. (ride)
2. Kato ____________ to church last Sunday. (go)
3. She ______________ the compound yesterday. (sweep)
B. Give the past tense of these verbs.
buy ______________
catch ______________
know ______________
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steal ______________
ADJECTIVES:
Forming adjectives by adding ‘ful’
hope hopeful
help helpful
mind _____________ great ____________
peace _____________
care _____________
faith _____________
need _____________
play _____________
Activity 1
Complete the table correctly.
______________ careful
______________ peaceful
play ________________
Activity 2
Use the word in brackets correctly to fill the gaps.
1. My mother is a _______________ woman. (faith)
2. Peter is very ________________ to me. (help)
3. I am so _______________. (great)
Days of the week
Vocabulary
Monday , Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, week, before, after
Structures
What is the ……….day of the week?
………….is the……….day of the week
Activity 1:
Write the name of the day in the following gaps.
1. If yesterday was Thursday, today is _________________
2. The day before Wednesday is _________________
3. _________________ is the first day of the week.
4. On _______________ many people go to church.
5. _______________ comes between Tuesday and Thursday.
Activity 2:
Write the short forms of the following words.
a) Monday
b) Wednesday
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d) Tuesday
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Activity 1:
Choose the correct word from the table below to complete the sentences.
Conjuctions
Use of ‘and’
1. Juma has a ball. Juma has a rope.
Juma has a ball and a rope.
2. Sarah is smart. Josephine is smart.
Sarah and Josephine are smart.
Adjectives
Examples
Busy honest
Thin active
Ugly kind
Weak early
Opposites of adjectives
Fat – thin
Ugly – beautiful / handsome
Weak – strong
Poor – rich
Comparing adjectives
When words end with y change to i then add ier or est.
Examples:
busy busier busiest
ugly uglier ugliest
early earlier earliest
Activity:
Adjectives which are compared by adding more and most
Adjective Two Many
Polite More polite Most polite
Beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful
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More honest Most honest
Handsome Most handsome
Active More active
Stubborn Most stubborn
SHAPES:
What shape is this?
It is a _________________
How many sides has a triangle?
A triangle has ______________ sides.
Is this a triangle/circle/square?
Yes, it is / No, it is not
Activity 1
Use: Yes it is or No is it not.
a)
Is this a triangle?
b)
Is this a circle?
Activity 1:
Fill in the gaps correctly with the words given in brackets.
a) Mummy ______________ food last Sunday. (cook)
b) I ______________ a bicycle last holiday. (ride)
c) Sarah ______________ last Sunday. (pray)
d) James ______________ our aunt last Monday. (visit)
Activity:
Write these words in sentences.
a) shop _________________
b) read _________________
c) care _________________
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d) rest _________________
Use of ‘but’
Examples:
1. Mary fell down. She did not cry
Mary fell down but she did not cry.
2. I called her. She did not come.
I called her but she did not come.
SIMILIES:
Examples:
As black as charcoal / coal
As green as grass
As wise as King Solomon
As good as gold
As playful as a _____________
As cold as ____________
As hot as ____________
Conjunctions:
Use of “because”
1. He is crying. He is hungry.
He is crying because he is hungry.
2. The farmer fell down. He had a heavy basket.
The farmer fell down because he had a heavy basket.
3. I did not go to school. It was raining.
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PROVERBS
A proverb is a wise saying with hidden meaning.
Examples:
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
One by one makes a bundle.
Out of a frying pan, into fire.
Two heads are better than one.
Call a spade, a spade
Late comers, eat bones
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TOPICAL QUESTIONS FOR ENGLISH TERM II
WEEK ONE:
1. Write these words correctly.
a) lchid ____________
b) oolsch ____________
2. Fill in the missing letters.
a) te__cher
b) pr___est
c) p__rent
3. Make small words.
a) matron __________ __________ __________
b) army __________ __________ __________
WEEK TWO
1. Use the correct form of the verbs used in the brackets.
a) The boys are ____________food. (cook)
b) Father _____________ to Mbale yesterday. (go)
c) Who _____________ at night every Monday. (cry)
d) I ______________ to the market every morning. (run)
e) Rose _____________ her bag last Friday. (carry)
f) He _______________ his homework every evening. (do)
g) The birds ______________ over the house last night. (fly)
h) Peter ______________ at home every day. (look)
i) My brother _______________ a bicycle yesterday. (ride)
j) I am ______________ the classroom now. (mop)
WEEK THREE
1. Make sentences.
a) help __________________________________
b) pray __________________________________
c) forgive ________________________________
2. Give the opposites of the underlined words.
a) Musa is my friend.
b) Always obey your parents.
3. Use the correct word to complete.
a) My ___________ has two play objects. (son, sun)
b) _____________ well in your books. (right, write)
c) He was the ____________ because he was ____________. (fast, first)
d) The butcher gave her two kilograms of ____________. (meet, meat)
WEEK FOUR
1. Fill in the correct word from the given words.
(abuse, love, forgive, share, work, play)
a) Always ____________ one another.
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b) _____________ together because two heads are better than one.
c) It’s good to ______________ those who wrong you.
d) Do not ______________ your friends.
2. Write the similar word for the underline word.
a) Why are you very calm today? ______________________
b) It was a simple exercise. _____________________
c) Go and close the door. _____________________
3. Write these words correctly.
a) seay __________________
b) tsatr __________________
WEEK FIVE
1. Fill in missing letters.
a) c__y
b) p___in
c) fr___end
2. Match correctly.
a) uncle daughter
b) king queen
c) prince princess
d) son aunt
3. Complete the analogies.
a) Man is to woman as ___________ is to wife.
b) ____________is to uncle as hen is to cock.
c) Actor is to ____________ as waiter is to waitress.
WEEK SIX
1. Complete the table.
Word Adjective
a) Careful
____________________
b) peace ____________________
c) playful
____________________
2. Answer correctly.
a) What is the first day of the week?
______________________________________________________________
b) How many days make a week?
_____________________________________________________________
c) There are ________________ months in a year.
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Topical breakdown term I
1. Vocabulary (flag, signpost, badge)
2. Structures (Is this / that…………or Are these/ those, they…….?)
3. Prepositions: place, verb
4. Plurals: ‘s’ and ‘es’
5. Vocabulary: ball, hall, library
6. Plurals adding: ‘ies’ , ‘y’ that adds ‘s’, ‘f’ to ‘ves’
7. Vocabulary: gun, uniform, police, steal
8. Plurals of irregular nouns: those that don’t change (blood, deer, water), change in a different way (man –
men, child – children)
9. Vocabulary: brother, aunt, niece, cousin
10. Personal pronouns: he, she, it
11. Punctuations – Capital letters, full stops
12. Vocabulary: cook, clean, sing
13. Apostrophe: showing ownership, short forms
14. Tenses: now tense, adding ‘ing’ remove ‘e’ add – ‘ing’, double last letter adding ‘ing’
15. Present simple tense: ‘s’, ‘es’, ‘ies’
16. Vocabulary: finger, nose, mouth
17. Past simple tense: add – ed
18. Vocabulary – boil, throw, wash
19. Conjunction: ‘and’ (was – were, is – are, has – have, joining two sentences)
20. Vocabulary: cabbage, yam, bananas
21. Using ‘a’ ‘an’
22. Adjectives: writing examples, opposites, comparing ‘er – ‘est’, ‘ier’ - ‘iest’, more – most)
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